Dozens of fake torrent trackers detected in Runet

[Объединенное Детективное Бюро]

Fraudsters have launched about twenty sites masquerading as popular torrent trackers and file hosting sites. For the right to watch the downloaded movie, the user is invited to pay from 450 to 600 rubles. About twenty fake file hosting sites and torrent trackers function in Runet, according to the official release of Doctor Web. Files with films or music downloaded from them cannot be opened even after payment, which ranges from 450 to 600 rubles. per file. The following resources are considered fraudulent by Doctor Web: doownle.com, re-tracker.org, rapid-load.net, positivfiles.com, topnewfiles.ru, vskachke.info, giga-files.net, gigafiles.biz, realdownload. biz, vprokachke.com, download-club.ru, downloadf.ru, softdownload-mirror1.in, softdownload-mirror2.in, softdownload-mirror3.in, softdownload-mirror4.in, softdownload-mirror5.in, softdownload-mirror6. in, softdownload-mirror7.in, softdownload-mirror8.in, softdownload-mirror9.in. Users get to scam sites using links from search results. This most often happens when people search the web for a popular movie, song, book, game or program. Another way to be on such a resource is to click on the advertising link on one of the third-party sites. Externally, fake file hosting sites masquerade as well-known sites - for example, Rapidshare or Letitbit. You can download a file from them that supposedly contains the desired movie or song, for free. Logos of fake file hosting sites that repeat the Rapidshare logo. The downloaded file has the extension .EXE and always “weighs” about 16 MB - regardless of whether the user wants to receive a movie, song or book. File impersonating an archive. To unpack its contents, the user is invited to send three SMS messages costing from 150 to 200 rubles each. The file cannot be launched even after payment. Doctor Web analysts estimate that up to 6,000 users download fake files daily. The link is not valid

 

[Матушкин Андрей Николаевич]

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